Coat-hanger.



No..886,041. PATENTED APR. 28, 1908.

J. o. DAWSON.

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JAMES C. DAWSON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

COAT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 28, 1908.

Application filed February 21, 1907. Serial No. 358,598.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES C. DAWSON, a citizen of the United States, andresident of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Coat-Hangers, of which thefollowing is a specification, and which are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates to folding coat hangers, its object being tosimplify and render exceedingly compact devices of this charac terwhereby they may be folded to very small form for convenience oftransportation, and will easily lengthen out sufliciently to hold agarment.

The invention consists of the device illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the, hanger when folded Fig. 2is a view of the same when extended; and Fig. 3 is a view the same asFig. 2, the hanger being shown in service.

The hanger is constructed of a series of jointed levers and links, inthe manner usually known as the lazy tong. It may consist of as manyelements as may be desired to secure the requisite length, as shownthere is a single pair of levers 10, 11, pivotally united midway oftheir ends, as shown at 12.

To each end of each lever is pivotally attached a link, shown at 13, 14,15 and 16, the

outer ends of the members of each pair of links, as 13, 14 and 15, 16being pivotally united, as shown at 17, 18. The length of these links isslightly more than the length of each of the levers 10, 11, in orderthat their ends may overlap for receiving their pivots when the deviceis folded and they are brought into alinement, as shown in Fig. 1. Ahook 19 is secured upon the central pivot 12.

The device is extended by seizing one or both members of each pair oflinks and drawing the two pairs apart, thereby flexing all of thejoints. When extended the crossed levers 10, 11 are brought as nearlyparallel as is possible in view of the presence of the links attached totheir ends, thus uncovering the eye of the book 19 and making itavailable for its intended function of engaging a,

suitable support.

The device is readily folded by seizing adjacent ends of the levers 10,11, and separating them.

I claim as my invention- A folding coat hanger comprising, incombination a set of lazy tongs, and a hook attached to the pivotunitingthe members of a pair of crossed levers of the lazy tongs.

JAMES C. DAWSON. Witnesses:

W. S. OLIVER, M. E. YOUNGER.

